Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

2019-09-14 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/14/2019 5:59 PM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: Well, actually, yes. And it makes sense. They’re trying to protect you from ransomware - software that encrypts your stuff and then offers to give you the decryption key if you pay up. The idea is that a known list of applications are allowed

Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

2019-09-14 Thread R. Victor Klassen
> On Sep 14, 2019, at 5:11 PM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote: >> The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, >> Quicken and Open Office data directories. >> This was in the Ransom ware section >> Here is a website that

Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

2019-09-14 Thread R. Victor Klassen
> On Sep 14, 2019, at 5:11 PM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote: >> The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, >> Quicken and Open Office data directories. >> This was in the Ransom ware section >> Here is a website that

Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

2019-09-14 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote: The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, Quicken and Open Office data directories. This was in the Ransom ware section Here is a website that explains how to fix this .. Wasn't very nice of MS to do this without any

Re: [GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

2019-09-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Bob, Thanks for reporting back not only that you solved it but documenting the steps. I hope no one else has the same issue, but if so, there is now a reference for them. I’ll have to keep this in mind when I migrate some computers to Win10 for some family members. Regards, Adrien > On Sep

[GNC] Gnucash not obtaining lock Solved

2019-09-13 Thread Bob Hammons
The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, Quicken and Open Office data directories. This was in the Ransom ware section Here is a website that explains how to fix this